The first phase of the West Bengal Assembly Elections is just 10 days away and electioneering has taken the next gear ahead of the state assembly polls. Trinamool Congress and BJP are the main expected rivals in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 and both of them are pulling no punches.
As BJP has been promoting the chant "Jai Shri Ram" ahead of rallies, Mamata is making sure that she is tapping in the right chords and has been countering it. In her latest barb at the popular BJP chant, the West Bengal chief minister has claimed that BJP will force people to use "Jai Shri Ram" instead of "Jai Siya Ram".
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Addressing at a poll rally in the Jhargram district on Wednesday, Mamata Banerjee claimed that the BJP will not allow them to take the name of 'Marang Buru', whom the Santhals consider as the supreme source of power.
"They (BJP) are saying that you will not be able to practise your religion, you will have to chant Jai Shri Ram. But you will not be able to say Jai Siya Ram," Banerjee said in the rally in Jhargram district, which has a sizeable Adivasi population, as reported by the news agency PTI.
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"Ram performed the puja of Devi Durga (in the Ramayana). Maa Durga is much superior to Ram, that is why he worshipped Maa Durga," the chief minister also said.
Meanwhile, TMC launched their election manifesto on Wednesday highlighting the two terms of her government and also making new promises like 5 lakh job opportunities in the coming year, continuation of Kanyashree, Roopashree, Swasthya Saathi schemes etc among others.